First club on our north west itinerary. We set off good and early at 5:45 pm as we'd been told to get there in good time if we wanted to be sure of a sing... it's just as well we did, the traffic on the M6 motorway was abysmal. After battling our way through two massive traffic jams we'd lost the advantage of starting out half an hour ahead of schedule. And then the traffic in and around Southport was really heavy - we learned later that this was due to the air show that week-end. Undeterred, we still managed to get to the Park Club ten minutes before official kick-off time... apart from two people on the door we were the first ones there.
After a slow start, people began arriving and the night got underway only fifteen minutes late - it seems everyone else had been caught up in the air show traffic too! There was a good cross-section of performers, mainly contemporary with some self-penned material and popular classics and traditional tunes and songs too.
We were on in the second half - the penultimate act of the night - and for a single spot decided on the 12-string and 6-string setup (so Val's 6-string didn't make it out of the case). Our first song was Allan Taylor's 'Back Home To You' which had the audience joining in well; then it was our own 'Different Dreams', again with plenty of joining in; last in our set was self-penned 'One More Song' where the singing along was even more hearty... super!
After a canny night at this well-established club we drove back to Ingleton (our base for the week), arriving at 00:45... seven hours, three songs and 121 miles later.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Bothy MySpace
After a slow start, people began arriving and the night got underway only fifteen minutes late - it seems everyone else had been caught up in the air show traffic too! There was a good cross-section of performers, mainly contemporary with some self-penned material and popular classics and traditional tunes and songs too.
We were on in the second half - the penultimate act of the night - and for a single spot decided on the 12-string and 6-string setup (so Val's 6-string didn't make it out of the case). Our first song was Allan Taylor's 'Back Home To You' which had the audience joining in well; then it was our own 'Different Dreams', again with plenty of joining in; last in our set was self-penned 'One More Song' where the singing along was even more hearty... super!
After a canny night at this well-established club we drove back to Ingleton (our base for the week), arriving at 00:45... seven hours, three songs and 121 miles later.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Bothy MySpace
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